Strong G3083λύτρον
ransom
- Transliteration
- lutron
- Pronunciation
- loo'-tron
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
From G3089; something to loosen with that is a redemption price (figuratively atonement): - ransom.
Detailed definition
λύτρον, -ον, τό
(λύω), [in LXX (Pent..15 Pr.2, Isa.1) for פִּדְיוֹם and cogn. forms, גְּאֻלָּה, כֹּפֶר, מְחִיר;]
a ransom (as for a life, Exo.21:30; for slaves, Lev.19:20; for captives, Isa.45:13): ἀντὶ πολλῶν, Mat.20:28, Mrk.10:45 (see Swete, in l, and for discussion of λ. and its cognates, Westc., He., 295 f.; Deiss., LAE, 331 f.; cf. also ἀντί-λύτρον).†
(AS)
(λύω), [in LXX (Pent..15 Pr.2, Isa.1) for פִּדְיוֹם and cogn. forms, גְּאֻלָּה, כֹּפֶר, מְחִיר;]
a ransom (as for a life, Exo.21:30; for slaves, Lev.19:20; for captives, Isa.45:13): ἀντὶ πολλῶν, Mat.20:28, Mrk.10:45 (see Swete, in l, and for discussion of λ. and its cognates, Westc., He., 295 f.; Deiss., LAE, 331 f.; cf. also ἀντί-λύτρον).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3083 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ransom2
First verses
- Matthew 20:28Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
- Mark 10:45For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
λύτρ-ον, τό,
(λύω) price of release:
1 ransom, mostly in plural (later singular, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.84, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.295c, etc.), τῶν λ. τὴν δεκάτην)] the tithe of the ransom-money, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.77)]; Ἕκτορος λύτρα, title of [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24)] and of play by Aeschylus; λύτρα λαβεῖν τινος receive as ransom for.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.5; τῆς θυγατρὸς λύτρα φέρων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 393d)]; λύτρα ἀποδιδόναι, καταθεῖναι, pay ransom, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 53.11, 13)]; εἰσενεγκεῖν εἰς λύτρα contribute towards it, [Refs ([prev. work]7)]; ἀφιέναι ἄνευ λύτρων release without ransom, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.2.16, compare 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.100, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.169, etc.)]; δώσουσιν ἕκαστος λύτρα τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ Κυρίῳ a ransom of his soul, [LXX+NT (LXX.Exo.30.12; _sing._ in “NT”, λ. ἀντὶ πολλῶν NT.Matt.20.28, NT.Mark.10.45; λ. ὑπὲρ γαμέτου “IG” 14.607f (from Carales))]; plural, sum paid for manumission of a slave, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“POxy.” 48.6 (1st c.AD), etc.)]
1.b sum paid for redemption of a pledge, in plural, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PBad.” 3.4 (2nd c.BC), etc.)]
2 atonement, τί γὰρ λ. πεσόντος αἵματο; (so Canter for λυγρόν) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 48)]; of blood-money, [LXX (LXX.Exo.21.30, +others)]
3 generally, recompense, λύτρον καμάτων for toil, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).1; συμφορᾶς [prev. author] “O.” 7.77.)]
II a plant, ={λυσιμάχειος}, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.3.)]
(λύω) price of release:
1 ransom, mostly in plural (later singular, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.84, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.295c, etc.), τῶν λ. τὴν δεκάτην)] the tithe of the ransom-money, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.77)]; Ἕκτορος λύτρα, title of [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24)] and of play by Aeschylus; λύτρα λαβεῖν τινος receive as ransom for.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.5; τῆς θυγατρὸς λύτρα φέρων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 393d)]; λύτρα ἀποδιδόναι, καταθεῖναι, pay ransom, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 53.11, 13)]; εἰσενεγκεῖν εἰς λύτρα contribute towards it, [Refs ([prev. work]7)]; ἀφιέναι ἄνευ λύτρων release without ransom, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.2.16, compare 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.100, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.169, etc.)]; δώσουσιν ἕκαστος λύτρα τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ Κυρίῳ a ransom of his soul, [LXX+NT (LXX.Exo.30.12; _sing._ in “NT”, λ. ἀντὶ πολλῶν NT.Matt.20.28, NT.Mark.10.45; λ. ὑπὲρ γαμέτου “IG” 14.607f (from Carales))]; plural, sum paid for manumission of a slave, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“POxy.” 48.6 (1st c.AD), etc.)]
1.b sum paid for redemption of a pledge, in plural, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PBad.” 3.4 (2nd c.BC), etc.)]
2 atonement, τί γὰρ λ. πεσόντος αἵματο; (so Canter for λυγρόν) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 48)]; of blood-money, [LXX (LXX.Exo.21.30, +others)]
3 generally, recompense, λύτρον καμάτων for toil, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).1; συμφορᾶς [prev. author] “O.” 7.77.)]
II a plant, ={λυσιμάχειος}, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.3.)]